Saturday, May 28, 2005

And In North Little Rock We Still Do Aggressive Prevention

Police youth league gets $2,550 grant

North Little Rock’s Police Athletic League has received a $2,550 grant from the SBC Foundation to provide its participants with an interactive Web site.

The league offers youths in North Little Rock’s Rose City area recreational opportunities, such as baseball, golf, tennis and cheerleading. The organization formed in North Little Rock in 1997.
The league is expanding lifeskill programs that include computer courses and keyboarding, President Mike Taylor said in a news release announcing the grant.

The grant will allow league participants to learn computer Web site development skills and give them high-speed Internet access, Taylor said.

The SBC Foundation is the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications Inc. The money is from its SBC Excelerator competitive grants initiative.

The Excelerator program helps to provide Internet access, hands-on computer training, math and reading classes and job-skill programs.

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